You have to be prepared to die before you can begin to live : ten weeks in Birmingham that changed America
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Lyons Library - NONFICTION | 976.1 KIX | On Shelf |
Red Feather Lakes Community Library - NONFICTION | 976 KIX 2023 | On Shelf |
Rico Public Library - NONFICTION | 976.1 KIX | On Shelf |
Ridgway Public Library - NONFICTION | 976.1 KIX | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Abernathy, Ralph, -- 1926-1990.
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights.
Autobiographies.
Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968.
Nineteen sixty-three, A.D.
Protest movements -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., -- 1922-2011.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights.
Autobiographies.
Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968.
Nineteen sixty-three, A.D.
Protest movements -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., -- 1922-2011.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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Published
New York : Celadon Books, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 378 pages ; 25 cm.
Street Date
2305
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"From journalist Paul Kix, the riveting story, never before fully told, of the 1963 Birmingham Campaignten weeks that would shape the course of the Civil Rights Movement and the future of America. Its one of the iconic photographs of American A Black teenager, a policeman and his lunging German Shepherd. Birmingham, Alabama, May of 1963. In May of 2020, as reporter Paul Kix stared at a different photothat of a Minneapolis police officer suffocating George Floydhe kept returning to the other photo taken half a century earlier, haunted by its echoes. What, Kix wondered, was the full legacy of the Birmingham photo? And of the campaign it stemmed from? In You Have To Be Prepared To Die Before You Can Begin To Live , Paul Kix takes the reader behind the scenes as he tells the story of the Southern Christian Leadership Conferences pivotal 10 week campaign in 1963 to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. At the same time, he also provides a window into the minds of the four extraordinary men who led the campaignMartin Luther King, Jr., Wyatt Walker, Fred Shuttlesworth, and James Bevel. With page-turning prose that read like a thriller, Kixs book is the first to zero in on the ten weeks of Project C, as it was knownits specific history and its echoes sounding throughout our culture now. Its about Where It All Began, for sure, but its also the key to understanding Where We Are Now and Where We Will Be. As the fight for equality continues on many fronts, Project C is crucial to our understanding of our own time and the impact that strategic activism can have." --,Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kix, P. (2023). You have to be prepared to die before you can begin to live: ten weeks in Birmingham that changed America (First edition.). Celadon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kix, Paul. 2023. You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America. Celadon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kix, Paul. You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America Celadon Books, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kix, Paul. You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America First edition., Celadon Books, 2023.
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